The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Since our last observations on the question of Irish Rail ways several public meetings have been held in Ireland, at each of which the • recommendations of the Commissioners were, as before, lauded or censured with much less reference to their real merits as affecting the country at large, than to the effect they were likely to produce on the local in terests of that particular district—a practical illustration of the Irish patriots' boasted anxiety for the improvement of their " beloved native land !" At one of these meetings— that held at Charlemont-house, in Dublin—the deputation appointed at a former meeting to wait upon the Lord-Lieu tenant communicated the result of their interview with him. His own opinion was, that it would be necessary for Go vernment to advance money for making railroads in Ireland; but he spoke merely as an individual, and could not pledge the Government to any course until it was sanctioned by Parliament : in other words, Government have every inclination to consummate this job, and they will do it if they can; but they begin to fear that neither Parlia ment nor the British public will be gulled into thus parting with their millions, which are now so much wanted to put down the "nation Canadienne," and to repair the disastrous effects of the Humite policy upon the navy. At another public meeting, which took place in Dublin two days after wards, Mr. L. Smith made the rational proposition to pe tition Parliament to fix upon certain principles and regula tions for the direction of private enterprise in railways, and that if no companies could be found to undertake railroads in Ireland upon those terms, then, but not till then, they should be made national works. But this honest plain sailing met with no favour from the million-craving multi tude, who seem nowise disposed to give up the pursuit of their expected prey, now that they have been put on the scent by the Railway Commissioners. They are also now cheered on by the view-halloo of Mr. O'Connell, though he wrongly denounced the report, both in Parliament and on hit arrival in Ireland, as soon as it appeared I He had opposed the report at first (he stated to a deputation at Cork) on the ground of its checking private speculation, but he had since changed his opinion, and now fully con curred in its recommendations. Mr. O'Connell did not think it fit or necessary to mention his reason for this change ; he thought them perhaps, as we do, too obvious to need pointing out. The expenditure of five or six mil lions of English money among the payers of the " national tribute" and the contributions to the " Precursor" funds, and the distribution among the faithful tail and their friends of the numerous appointments which would follow, would be no bad prop to the collection of the " rint" or the popularity of the Liberator. He seems al ready to make sure of the booty. " The Govern ment," he observed, " had no other alternative but to carry on the lines recommended in their own " re port." The million given to relieve the pockets of the tithe defaulters in Ireland has only whetted the appetite for further demands. O'Connell and his dupes— " her Majesty's humble servants, but fighting men," as he appropriately calls them—now increase Their demands, and talk in a h;gher key, in pursuance of the laudable principle by means of which he boasted at the recent Limerick dinner that he and his followers had triumphed. " We cringed to them when we were weak, but now we have kicked them off, because we are strong enough !" What must be the brutal debasement of the being who can boast of, and of those who can cheer—for the degrading sentiment was loudly cheered—principles which any man, any member of a civilized community, would die of shame to acknowledge, and would consider it the bitterest insult and the deepest mark of inferny to have even imputed to him? He told his Limerick Precursors that "the peop'e of England and Scotland must pay the usual penalty for simplicity—a " laugh at their expense —for having given a million and abolished 25 per cent. of the tithes under the expectation of settling that question ; while, on the contrary, the getting " rid of one-fourth of the entire, last Session," would give him and his friends fresh spirit to " shortly be after the other three " fourths." But, however patient and much-enduring " the, people of England and Scotland" are known to be, there are limits to all things, and the over cunning Agitator may yet learn to his cost that his own utter incapacity to entertain a generous sentiment has let! him to mistake the desire to pacify Ireland for what he calls British " simplicity," and that althoueh, from the difference of their habits, " the people of England and Scotland" may have taken the " cringing" of hypocrisy for the honest supplication of misfortune, and may have acted accordingly, yet will they yield nothing—let him not confound " the people of England and Scotland " with his humble servants her Majesty's Ministers—to the bullying of the ruffian, now that he thinks himself " strong enough" to substitute insult and menace for cun ning and dissimulation. The kind of thanks and gratitude this country is now receiving for the generous sacrifice she made in order to tranquillize Ireland by the settlement of the tithe question, will surely prevent a repetition of such folly, should Ministers, backed by the tail, make a similar application to Parliament for the construction of the Irish railroads. We have given elsewhere a summary of the comments and recommendations of the Commissioners of Bailways in Ireland, concerning the powers to he given to Railway Companies, and the restrictions to which they should be made subject. Notwithstanding the decided lean ing of the Commissioners to Government management which prevails through this and every other part of the Report, these remarks and suggestions will be found useful and in teresting at the present moment. They show the practice of England, France, and America, with respect to the management of railroads, and they embrace the chief points which the defects of the system adopted in England are rendering a matter of daily increasing importance. Rail ways are fast superseding all other modes of conveyance ; a very few years more will complete the monopoly upon all the great lines of communication throughout the kingdom. In a country like this, where business, health, and recrea tion have rendered travelling universal, this is a question which comes home to every man, as affecting his interests, his convenience, and (as almost daily accidents now pain fully prove) his personal safety. We have always urged the necessity of subjecting the Railway Companies to such regulation s as might appear advisable for the protection of the public ; but although we believe that, from the absence of competition, their own interests and the force of public opinion are not, alone, a sufficient check on the conduct of those Companies, yet it is a gross exaggeration to assert —as some persons do, and as the Railway Commis sioners seem inclined to maintain—that these circumstances do not influence the proceedings of railway proprietors and their servants. Even admitting that the monopoly has or will become complete, that coaches, posting, and every other means of conveyance have been or will be driven off the road upon all the main lines of communication, still it must be remembered that nothing but an immense amount of travelling and intercourse will repay the cost of construc tion and current expenses of a railroad, and that a very large portion of the receipts arises from the great increase in travelling caused by the saving of time, f a tigue, and i n Many cases of expe nse , e ff ecte d by the introduction of rail ways. Now, as a great proportion of this increase in travelling has taken place among persons who make the trip as a recreation, or to gratify their curiosity, visit friends residing at a distance, or for some other purpose neither pressing nor necessary, the continuance of this large source of the railway proprietors' receipts—constituting the chief, perhaps the only, source of their actual net profits—is entirely contin gent on the conduct of these individuals and their servants ; for those holiday travellers will undoubtedly soon cease to patronize the railroads if they meet there with extortion, insolence, neglect, or personal danger. That Railway Companies have, therefore, a deep interest in studying the comfort, saf e t y , an d convenience of the public, and that this circumstanc e produces its natural effect in very consi derably controlling their proceedings—though, we repeat, not as effectually so as the present state of things shows to be necessary —i s already proved by the removal of the in convenience and delay noticed by the Railway Commis sionera as then existing at Birmingham, on the line between London to Liverpool, in consequence of the non-junction of the railways of the two companies whose termini meet at that place ; but which defect, as is well known % has since been remedied. The Commissioner s must either have been bitten with a blind prejudice against joint-stock companies, or they must hav e purpose l y magnified the ob jections against them, in order to frighten the unreflecting into the desired job of Government management. A s far as the introduction of railways has proceeded in France, it certainly affords no very flattering specimen of the effects of the State interference and centralizing system recom mended by the Commissioners ; nor will its effects bear a comparison with those produced (whether in this or in any other kinds of undertakings) by the free agency and un aided enterprise of individuals in Great Britain and t h e United St a t es , even notwithstanding the obvious and, to a great degree, remediable defects of the practice pursued in the two latter countries. The French Papers have lately been full of complaints that the railroads are found to cost twice or three times as much as the amount stated in the estimates of the Government engineers—those boasted documents which it was said did not, like those of private projectors, deceive the public by under-estimating the cost of the works !—that the further progress of the Ver sailles railway will probably be discontinued and the works destroyed ; and that no Companies are forthcoming to undertake the various other lines projected by Govern ment, even with the large advance of public money offered for their assistance. If railroads could be constructed and managed with proper economy and judgment by Govern ment, it might be advisable to do so, for the purpose of al ways being able to make whatever arrangements were ne cessary for the public convenience, and to fix the charges for conveyance at the lowest rates which would cover the ox pendittire. But experience proves that such is the jobbing, the waste, and the total want of responsibility which immedi ~tely take when a work is made a Cgovornmoat under- 1 taking that there is little doubt the increaseof expense arising from these sources would considerably exceed the saving of the profit received by joint-stock companies, If an engineer or other ern/Aye is found ignorant, idle, negligent, extravagant, or otherwise unfit for his duty, their own in terest will soon induce the directors, or, if not, the pro prietors, to dismiss him ; but of what avail are complaints against the host of incapables whom interest alone thrusts into public employment in spite of the indignant remon strances of the whole country ? Heaven knows the effects of the boasted march of Lteform, and the use made of Go vernment influence by our " no patronage" Ministry, hold out no encouragement to adopt the French system of centralization. Look, on one side, as the achievements of individual enterprise in steam-navigation, in railroads, in the projected intercourse across the Isthmus of Panams, and through Egypt to India, and in a thousand other ways ; and look, on the other side, at the Post-office service, and at everything else that is cursed with the paralyzing contact of that compound of sloth, corruption, and imbecility, Go vernment management. It appears to us perfectly clear that Government management and unrestricted private en terprise are both to be deprecated; and that the under taking of railroads by joint-stock companies, under such well-considered regulations as the interests and convenience of the public require, is the true juste milieu which, under all the circumstances of the case, it is most advisable to adopt. We have not the least doubt that capitalists will be found to undertake the Irish railways upon those con ditions ; but at any rate to begin, as the Commissioners have done, by arriving at the contrary conclusion, in the teeth of appearances and without having ever tried the offer, is undoubtedly the most Irish specimen of logic and proceeding ever exhibited to an astonished world, or the most barefaced attempt at an unprincipled job ever perpe tra'est even in Ireland.—Times. An early copy of a couple of volumes, published this day, and bearing the title of " Travels in Town," by the Author of " Random Recollections of the Lords and Com mons," &c., has just reached us, and, we need scarcely add, has commanded our earliest attention. From the al most unparalleled success of the author's previous works, he was entitled to this consideration ; and in perfect fairness and candour we readily allow that the work, so far as we have had an opportunity of perusing it, is not calculated to detract, except in one or two points, the high reputation which he has already earned ; but those points are with us points of infinite importance. We shall broach only one for the present, reserving the other for a future op portunity—and it is the accusation preferred by the author against the Melbourne Administration of hav ing favoured and fostered Popery, and of unfairly pre ferring Catholics to Protestants in almost all official ap pointments in Ireland. We will venture to assert, and with perfect power of proof in our hands, that a grosser libel was never committed, even by the most rancorous o! the Tory Journals, upon the Melbourne Government than that which is contained in the following passage : " 1 then proceed at once to another cause, which is the only one to which I advert, of the alarming advances which the Romish faith has recently made in this country. That cause is to be found in the conduct of the Melbourne Ministry. I can easily imagine that some of the Dissen ters, the body to which I belong, will startle on hearing such a position advanced by me. I cannot help it. if they should : and most thoroughly do I feel assured, that if they will only look a little below the surface of things, they will soon share with me the conviction that the pre sent Ministers of her Majesty are deeply responsible for the fearful strides which Popery has made in Great Britain within the last few years. I have no sympathy, and never had any, with the leading performers in the cru sade i n w hi c h the ingenious device' clique have been recently engaged against the Church of Rome. I have always regarded that crusade—in this I may be right or I may be wrong—as having had its origin fully as much in po litical considerations as from an attachment to pure and undefiled religion. * * Is it not as clear as the noon-day sun, that the Melbourne Cabinet have evinced a decided and uniform partiality to Roman Catho lics when making appointments to the vacant situations in the public service in Ireland ? Let me not be here misun derstood. I do not say that where a Roman Catholic was qualified for the vacant situation, he ought not to have re ceived the appointment. On the contrary, I hold that no man's religious opinions ought to exclude him from offices of State. Wherever I saw a man possessing the necessary qualifications, and he had by his public services established a claim to an appointment, I would unhesitatingly give him that appointment, whether he were a Protestant, a Roman Catholic, a Jew, or even a Deist. I do not, therefore, ar raign the conduct of the Melbourne Ministry because they have appointed some of the adherents of Popery to civil or political offices. So far from this, I think that forming as they do the majority of the population of Ireland, Roman Catholics should have received the majority of ap pointments. What I complain of is, that Roman Catholics have, in almost every instance. received the lucrative and influential appointments which have been made in Ireland since the advent of the present Adminis tration. It was part of the narrow and bigotted policy of Tory Governments to bestow all their patronage on Orange men ; the Ministry of Lord Melbourne have leaped to the other extreme, and conferred all the loaves and fishes at disposal on the Roman Catholics. To be a Prct s tent in Ireland is precisely the same thing as if one had an inscription written on his forehead—' Ineligible to any Go vernment office under the Marquis of Normanby.' If there have been one or two exceptions ; if one or two Protestants have been appointed to vacant government situations, under the present Ministry, the circumstance might be easily traced to the personal influence of the parties making or seconding the application. It is not, however, to the mere appointment of Roman Catholics to Government situa tions, while Protestants are systematically proscribed, that I attribute much of the progress, which Popery has recently made in these realms ; it is chiefly to the impression which this marked partiality towards the adherents of the Church of Rome has created in the public mind, that Ministers are in their hearts friendly to Popery—that the increase of that religion is to be ascribed. And this im pression has been strengthened by the contemptuous way in which Ministers have spoken of Protestantism, and by the compliments they have lavished on Popery, :in their places in Parliament. Ever, in short: since Ministers came into office, their language and conduct have had the effect of giving a heavy blow and great discouragement' to the Protestant religion; while they have had the opposite effect of fostering and extending the Romish faith. The Roman Catholics thus taught to regard the present Administration as the special patrons of their religion, have, as might have been ex, ea ed, taken fresh courage and been stimulated to make those extraordinary efforts for the spread of their reli gion to which I have already alluded, and which are this moment being crowned with such astounding success. No one will venture to deny, that since the accession of the present Administration to office, that Popery has made more extensive progress than it had done for the 1.5 or 16 years previously. Neither'will it be questioned that the Church of Rome has, since that accession, assumed a bearing of haughty defiance towards Protestantism, unknown among us since the subversion of the Stuart dynasty. In toxicated with its recent success under the auspices of the Melbourne Ministry, Popery is now putting on a bold front, and is confidently looking forward to still greater tri umphs in Great Britain. Mr. O'Connell is one of the most zealous and superstitious of his Roman Catholic country men. The fact of his having publicly fallen down on his knees before a priest to express his veneration for the ghostly father, is sufficient proof of this. Who can tell what influence the circumstance of Ministers acting as a sort of nursing fathers to Popery, may have had in induc ing him of late to stand by and support the se Mi n i s t e rs through thick and thin—through evil report and good re port." To-morrow we shall continue our extracts, as well as attempt to show the gross inconsistency of the author in pleading, on the one hand, that " no man's religious opi nions ought to exclude him from offices of State," and, on the other, that where there is a Catholic majority, Ca tholic officials ought not also to be in the majority.— Morning Advertiser. Another Welshman has been incarcerated in Car marthen gaol for costs in a suit against him for non-attens dance at. church, and not providing sacramental wine, and the informer is the self-same Rev. Ebenezer Morris who figures in this capacity in the case of Mr. John James. Mr. David Jones, late churchwarden of Llanon, of which parish, as well as of Llanelly, the Rev. Ebenezer Morris is incumbent, has, according to a Correspondent whose communication will be found in another column, been sued for not providing the sacramental elements and not attend ing ehuyrch. The two head s o f accusat i on are d i fferent in kind. The with sacramental elements mu s t o f course b e pro somietehpsraecrin t sepcet y ee ; . but the non-atte n d ance at c h urc h i s on an aff a i r o f Till we have m ore p ar ti cu l ar in formationto this case we shall abstain from comment. It certainly does appear strange that any man in these times should be thrown into gaol for non-attendance at church. The Rev. Eb enezer M orr i s seems determ i ned to acqui re a namem the e someof se sort. O ur correspon d ent states , 101.—Mor n i ng Chronicle. that the costs • t n u a t t especially all e a lb s e r the tf a p n o y o , r r a , a a t s a k t e h n e effect in the price °N N o oels. o thanks t o th e d ea l ers i n who black diamonds, nor to those •eduty it is to assist the public in this result. Th e thanks in are due eg tuopl‘hintelligencef o llowiradfield for his zeal and intellig ence is exposure of the abuses which exist in this important trade, and to the Lo r d Mayor for the countenance and support which he has afforded him. The committee to whom the matter was referred have, no doubt uninten tionally, borne the highest testimony to the value of Mr. Bradfield's services ; for while, througho u t t h e i r report, they treat 11/41 as a person quite unworthy of their con. sideration, they admit the necessity of adopting, and of ' their having, i n f ac t, par ti a ll y a d opte d hi s recom mendation of facilitating the delivery and supply of coals by the appointment of a ddi t i ona l we i g h ers . I n a ddition to this they let the public into the knowledge of a fact which does not appear to carry with it quite so much wisdom and propriety as th e y wou ld h ave us give it. credit for— that " it, is open to any person to appoint and employ his own weigher in the delivery of his coals." So much the worse ; for what is it the consumers complain of ? The high price, the mixed quality of the article, and the frequent deficiency in weight. That there are highly respectable persons in the coal trade nobody doubts. So there are in the corn trade ; yet " rogues in grain" has long been a proverbial expression ; and so have " tricks in the coal trade ;" and we know of no more effectual aid which could be given to such tricks than that persons base enough to practice them should thus have the power of defeating- the main, if not the only, check there is upon them. The time of year, too, is most important. Every possible effort should be made, and facility given to the most extensive delivery of coals at the present moment, not only when the supply is large, but while the river is open ; for should a severe frost come, and the navigation be im peded, as is always liable to be the case for the next two or three months, the price would be greatly enhanced, and that in proportion to the smallness of the stock which would be on hand. Such being the case, and such the importance of the subject, we trust that Mr. Bradfield .will, in spite of the impediments which may be thrown in his way, continue to be the coal trade's tormentor.—Morning Herald. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—The Rattlesnake, Captain Hobson, which arrived on Wednesday, came into harbour the following day, to be paid off. She left Madras the 2-Ith August, Trincomalee on the 3d of September, Cape the 6th of October, and the Island of Ascension on the 26th of the same month. Sir Frederick Maitland, in the Wellesley, 74, with the Larne, 18, and Xgerine, 10, were at Canton, and expected back at Madras in November ; the Wolf, 18, would leave Ceylon for England in October ; the Victor, 18, was in the straits of Malacca ; the Volage, 28, was gone to Calcutta to bring specie to Madras ; the Favourite, 18, was on the Coromandel Coast ; the Leveret, 10, and Forester, 3, were at the Cape. The Hon. Ad miral Elliot's flag was flying in the Badger, his ship, the Melville, 74, being on the coast of Africa. The Rattlesnake brought home the crew of the ship African, wrecked at Ceylon, as well also as Mustafi Effendi, who has been doing duty as a Lieutenant in the Wellesley, but who was obliged to come to England from ill-health. The Rattlesnake will be paid off in ten days. The Tweed, 20, Commander for. F. T. Pelham, which arrived on Wednesday, after a service of nearly four years on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, Kill be paid off on Tuesday next. The Malabar, 74, Captain Harvey, arrived at Halifax on the 31st of October, and the Cornwallis, 74, Captain Sir R. Grant, left that port for Bermuda on the following day. The Andromache, 28, Captain Baynes, followed her on the 17th ult. The Ringdove, 28, Pearl, 20, and Crocodile, 38, were at Bermuda on the 22d of October. The Charybdis, 3, had gone to Jamaica. Commander Nixon, of the Ringdove sloop -of-war, in a moment of temporary excitement committed suicide by shooting himself on the 25th of October, at Bermuda. The Hon. Keith Stewart, one orthe Lieutenants (1 the Corn wallis, has been promoted to command the Ringdove. The Stag, 46, Commodore Sulivan, C. 8., and the Spar row ketch, Lieut. Lowcay, were at Rio de Janeiro cn the 17th of August ; the latter was preparing to take to the Falkland Islands a stock of sheep, fowls, and seed of all kinds for propagation. The Britomart, 10, Lieutenant Stanley, and Beagle, surveying vessel, arrived at Sydney on the 15th of July ; the Alligator, 28, Captain Sir J. G. Bremer, arrived at South Australia on the 10th of July. The Weazle, 16, arrived at Gibraltar on the 16th ult., from Valencia. The Athol!, troop-ship, was towed out of harbour on Monday, and proceeded to Woolwich to be r; paired. The Meteor steamer, Lieutenant Pritchard, called in this afternoon, from Plymouth, with seamen for the Gann-es ; she proceeded immediately for Woolwich, with Lord bur ham's plate and valuable baggage, which she yesterday took out of the Inconstant. Tile Numa transport has embarked 120 men of the 89th Regiment, with whom she proceeded on Friday for Bar badocs. The transport ship Eagle arrive 3 at Halifax, Nov. 7, with detachments on board for the 93d, 11th,23d, and 65th Regiments. The Revenge, 74, has been put out of dock, and the Magielenne, 28, taken in. _ , do Monday afternoon a large Dutch West Indiaman came into Portland Roads, assisted by her Majesty's re venue cutter Nimble, Mr. Ramsay, R.N., Commander. The ship Buckinghamshire, of 1,400 tons, arrived this evening at Spithead, to embark emigrants for South Aus tralia ; ten waggons from Sussex arrived this morning, fuly loaded with a very superior description of husbandmen, who intend to take passage in her. The Morning Star yacht, Hon. H. Upton, left Gibraltar for Palma on the 21st ult. In the Harbov.—Britannia, Victory, Ganges, Excellent, Royal George, Rattlesnake, Daphne, Tweed, Cameleoe, Meteor, and Messenger (steamers). At Spithead—Racer. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—COITIIIIRMICT — Baldwin, W. Walker, to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants —The Hon. K. Stewart, to the rank of Commander ; Jef fery W. Noble, to the Inconstant ; Zaccheus Andrew, to the Grecian. Master—Wm. Forbes, to the Pilot. Assist ant-Surgeon—James Macneal, to the Acheron. (From the Devonport Independent.) PLYMOUTH, DEC. B.—Her Majesty's ship Malabar, 74, Captain E. Harvey, may be daily expected here from Canada. Her Majesty's ship Opossum, 4, Lieut.-Com. Robert Peter, arrived here from Falmouth on Monday, and went into dock on ThUrsday to have her defects examined. Her Majesty's ship Espoir, 10, Lieut.-Com. J. T. Paul son, sailed on 'Wednesday for Lisbon. Her Majesty's ship Inconstant, 36, Capt. D. Pring, came into harbour on Thursday, she will be taken into dock on Friday next. The Netley sailed for Liverpool on Friday, to bring round men, raised for general service. The Devon, lighter, will call here on her way to the North Coast of Spain. Her Majesty's ship Tweed, 20, Corn. F. T. Pelham, sailed on the 3d, and the Rattlesnake, 28, Captain Hobson, the 4th inst., for Portsmouth to be paid off. THE ARAB TRANSPORT.—The following account, as received by us from one of the officers composing the de tachment of the 36th regiment, on board the Arab trans port, Harry J. Naylor, Master ; Lieutenant W. Lyster, R.N., agent, bound to Halifax, and which was obliged to but back to this port, in consequence of her springing a leak, we publish for the information of our readers, con ceiving that it will be highly interesting to all who may hereafter be similarly unfortunately situated. Sailed out of Cork harbour, at 12 at noon, on Friday, Nov. 9, and had fine weather and fair wind until Saturday the 17th, in which period, the ship ran 1,180 miles towards her destina tion. On Sunday, the 18th, the ship commenced labouring very much, in consequence of a most heavy sea,the wind being W.N.W. The gale continued without interruption (and for some days amounted to a perfect but ricane) until Friday the 30th of November, when three seas in succession struck the ship on the starboard side with so much violence, as to make her tremble throughout. At this time, the ship c ommenced making cons id era bl e water--the master and agent, suspecting that from the severe shock the ship had received, as also from the increase of the leak, some seri ous injury had been done, went below into the hold, and found the transoms quite flooded, upon which they in stantly decided that it was impossible for the ship to pro ceed on her voyage, and accordingly bore up for England. At this time the soldiers were all battened down, and the officers' dining cabin, as well as their sleeping cabins, had a foot of water in them which could not be kept out ; the pumps also at work every quarter of an hour. Oa Satur day, the Ist of December, the vessel scudded under cl ose 'reefed topsails and foresail, with a heavy sea, a n d on Sun day, the 2d inst., the gale rose to a perfect hurri cane, w i th a sea sunning mountains high, when for 24 hours the Cap tain never left the wheel, and to his seaman-like conduct, as shown in his experience and energy, all the officers on board feel that they are indebted, under Providence, for their pre servation duriog so many days of peril. During the gale a seamen fell overboard from the fore topsail yard, but was pulled on board by a rope thrown to him by the captain, tvh o by his personal risk upon this occasion, gave a fur ther proof of his manly and humane disposition. A sol dier of the 36th regiment, also fell overboard while drawing a bucket of water, but was most fortunately saved by the exertions of Mr. Apsey, the chief mate. It is impos sible for the officers ever to forget the kind attention on the part of Lieutenant Lyster, R.N., the agent, toward s the comfort of the soldiers on board as shown by him upon all occasions, and the unceasing vigilance and ability displ a y e d by the master throughout their moments of anxiety. F rom the time that the pumps were forced to be kept so con stantly at work, the soldiers were incessantly employed at ;hem, and though suffering from every privation of wet and cold, cheerfully performed their part. Her Majesty's brig Fantome, 16, building at Chatham, is in progress of planking; she is of a new class of brigs projected by Sir W. Symonds, being 5 feet longer, and up wards of 100 tons larger than his other 16-gun-brigs, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1838. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 4. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. 18s. oh. 135 .4182 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 11.1.11. 73 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl.O. 1,005 5/. Breeknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90 8,000 1-16 sh. 9/ Gs. Birmingham, 1-16th share 861. & 711. 218 1 000 ... Ditto arid Liverpool Junet...l.')/ eh. 100 pd 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001 sh. all pd 64 sOO 4/. Chelmer and Biackwater .. 1010. sh. 101 500 481. C - iventry ' 00/. sh. 735 4,545 Croydon 2,0601 41.04. Dudley lool.sh. 84 600 141. Derby 1001. sh . 135 20,000 4 per cent, Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd 30 3,575; 31. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sla. SO} 231 461. Erewash !001. en. 740 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 51.10/.165. th. 500 1,600 12/, Grand Junction WI/. sh. 200 2,8491 1/. Grand Union 1001. sh 74 11,500 Grand Surrey 0,0001. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1(01. C 3 3 896 600 13/.123.61d. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 138.4 d. 23E 749 Ins. Grantham 150/.Bh. 203 6,238 2/. Os. Huddersfield , Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 37 MO - 5:124 11. ss. Kennet a nd Avon, Average 39/.186.10d. sh. 27 2,897; 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 735 5151 13/. Leicester l4O/. sh. 2224 1,897 6/. Os. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 4'31. ;05. 90n 2.400 10!. Monmouthshire lO0!.sh. 20n 150 10/, Moiton Mowbray 'Oh/. eh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 575 3.000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 174 Neath 100/.sh. 325 8,100 51. Peak Forest kveinge about 700. sh. 102 1,418 12e. Regent's (or London) Aver. :33!. 165. Bd. sh. 16 5,689 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. 109 500 Si. Shropshire P 451. sh. 140 800 9/. los. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 151 i 3,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 111 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester 140!. sh. 710 500 9/, Shrewsbury 125/. sh. .$0 300 91. 3tourbridge .. _ , .. 1451 sh 330 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-wl-Avoi....Average 79/. Os. Oct. sh. 40 533 15/. SWAM aia 100/. sh. 250 3,7)12 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway...AT. 35/. sh. 39 2,600-lati. :121. 10s. Trent and Mersey, ; share 100/. sh. 600 8.149 Thames .n.I Mtdway... Aver. 191.55. Bd. sh. 2 1 ")9("* h. l 16/. Warwick a..id Birmingham 100/. sh. 281 0001 s 2slo IL. Warwick and Napton lOO/.sh. 9Dn. , 0.,0 4/. Os. Worcest-ar and Birmingham...Av.7Bl.Bs. sh. 71 5,000 255. Wilts ansa 'leeks .. Average 67!. 10s. Bd. sh. 23 SOO 31, Vs vrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 NV i4)cach ...1051. sh. 45 005 1.. Way and Arun DOCKS. OO& }3p. c Commercial 1 M e" ,06515 h East and West India Stock 1101 3.209,310 F. 555. p.ct. London Stock 61; Ditto ;kinds lOl 2.200 2!. 19s. Bristol 61,324/. 51. per cant. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 per cent. St. Kathamie , Stock 1071 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOll 290.000 4 per cent. i)itto Bonds ;or 10 years lOOl 2.500 ..... Deptford Piet q:11. sh. 201. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Harnmersmitt 5Ol. sh, 21 7,131 Southwark, Old 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 r cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo . lOO/ sh. 541 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. NM. pd 221 5,000 16s. 42. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 40/. pd 201 30,0001. 5!. per cent. Ditto Bones 5,918 17s Vauxhall ASSURANCE COMPASSES. 2 000 3110 s Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 74 . - 50,000 f 5 per cent } and 1 ,,, Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 102/. pd 14+ 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 61 ?4,000 it per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 51. pd 14 1,`...'00 ish. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire 20,000 41 tier cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 501. sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 Si. per cent. Clerical, Medi . al,&c. Lite, 101 sh. 2/103 pd 4 4,000 .1110 s County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 42 _ 20, 000 ss. Ea gle _ 209 t a s ,l ) ,T r s gifl Economic Litt: lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,271 225. percent. European lA,' 0 04 sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 204 oh. 24 id li 1,000,000/. 71. per ct Globe . Stock 1451 '20,000 5/. Guardian 101)1. sh. '2711 pd 1 1 51 10,000 fis. 00. Hope 501. sh, 51. pd 5 2,400 5/. 7s. 60. Imperial Fire 5001. oh. 50/. pd 1:30 7,500 Os. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 101 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Storing 100/. oh. 81. p 4 23 2,0'20 3/ lOs Kest Fire 501. sh. all p 0 82 34 Ditto Life 79 10[00 16s, Law Life 1001. sh. UV. pd 3J 5 ouo 11)5. Londmi, Fire 25!. oh. 124 10, pd I'' 3,900 10s. London, Ship "si. oh. 121. 10s. pd 161 1, 11 00,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,000 Al. per cent. Palladium Lit, 50/ oh. 21. pd 2/ 8s OA 50,001 4/. per cent. rrotetior Fire 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 16., 00 2,500 I/. Provident Life inot, ob. 10/. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 201. sh. 1/. pd el 689,220/ 51. per cent. Royal E7(CII . i;ge ' ‘:tock... 2251 6,000 Maur cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 74 JOINT StUCK BANKS 15,000 8 percent. Agric andCotrim.ef Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 5.000 Australsoia 4O/. sh. 41'! pd 671 10,.110 10 percent. Bank of Bi.ininghaun 5 l -1. sh. 10/, pd 13 • 0,000 IA per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 114 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 234 60,0001 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 134 .4000 4 per cent. Lancaster... ...... .......... ........ 1001. sh. 20/. pd :10 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sin 10!. pd 234 100,000 71 per rent Manchester and Liverpool) 50/. sh. 15/ pd 21 District 20,000 7 percent. Manchester 20,090 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. '25/. pd 45 50,• 00 National Batik of Ireland 5 'l. sh 174/. pd lfif 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. _lOOl oh. 551. pd 314 19,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. oh. 101. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh 51. pd 9 . GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11 Os Od Bath 2Ol. sh. 1 0 1. pd 24 5,000 British 5,000 il i i i r d e h c s e ll Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 241 928 51 lOs Birmingham 5Ol. oh. 98 0,250 21 Os Bristol 2o'. sh. 96 1,500 31 IN Brighton 2O/. sh. 114 750 31 IN Ditto, New 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 20/. oh. all pd 17 0,000 5/. Continental Consolidated 1,000 101. City of Lonclon 1 00/. sh. all pd 196 I,l'oo 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/.los. Equitable. OOl. pd 304 19,000 24 per cent. Imperial . 800 5/ per cent. Isle of Thai:et '2sl. sh. 201. pd 20 2,030 61. per cent. : ndepciideut "O4 oh. ad pd 42 0,1)00 . 31. per cent. Phmnix ..; . 50/. sh. 391. pd 23 1 , 0 00 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOO/. sh. 801. pd 58 4,00.0 South Metroixilitan 511. sh. 10/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 4)11. rd 201 240 54 per cent. Warwick 50/. oh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield `2,000 3/, W estm i nster Chartered 504 sh. 524 6,4100 12s. Ditto New I.'oo Yarmouth 201. oh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 20 0,134 64 East London lOO/. oh. 102 1,500 2/ lOs Or old Junction ....Average 411 13s. 40. sh. 69 2,4)00 '2l. Kent lOO /An 45 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. oh. 3'..0 1,590 2/ lOs Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 62 0,188 1/ 150 • Manchester and Salford .1004 sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South Loirlon lOO4 oh. 101 8 ,2:14 4/, West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. lid. sh. 105 1,360 I/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 Birmingham and Derby 504. pd 401 9,530 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,400 Bristol and Exeter 100/. si, opd 2 1100 Calcutta find Saugur 5Ol. sh. 24 pd CI 7 , 50 0 ... ..... Cheltenha m an d . G. Western iOO/. sh. 20/. 3,009 Clarence lOO/. oh. 100! IA 40 12,000 8,000 • Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 5/. pd 3 60,,01) Eastern Counties 23/. sh. 101 pd 01 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 951. p 1 181 Great North of England ...30/. pd 18 5,000 Great Western IOW sh. 65/. pd 75 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1004 pd 1904 8,000 Hull and rielliy 501. sh. 20; pd 10 10,008 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pil 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and 5e1by.....,... 100 oh. 05 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd '75 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Mancliester...lo(4sh. 1001.101 205 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares O5/. lid 61 36,000 London and llrighto': 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. oh 31. pd 1;4 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. en. '2Ol. pd 164 25,000 ... 20,C00 London and Southampton ....50/. sh. 50/. pd 44 Ditto ditto New 201,11x189 11,000 London and Croydon Trunk '2Ol, sh. /./. pd 16 6,000 Ditto New Scrip. 1244 pd 13 12,0110 London Grand Junction 504 sh. Si. pd • 111 - 10,010 Manchester and Leeds lOO/. sh. 50/. pd f;9k 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 10/. pd 101 North Midland 1001, sh. 55/. pd 511 Northe-n and Eastern 1001. sh. 15/. tat 84 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 30.4 pd 361 08,000 1,001) 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington 1004 sh. 240 9,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd 0 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121, pd 20 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31/. psi 12 4,000 11. ss. Allen 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 11 10,000 ........ Anglo Mexican, iss. 5!. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 24 Ditto Subscription 0.54 pa 3 2,000 I'l. BoDnos 150/. sh all pd 871 10,000 1/. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 20/ pd 10 6,01 , 0 ... ...... MaCatrbas tic Cocacs United ‘2sl. sh. 2.11. pd El 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 141.(pd 54 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 204 pd 51 10,000 .....•••• Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 10/. poi 10 20,000 British Iron 50/. sh. 50/ pa 101 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 44/. pd 14 Cato Branca... 6l/. i.d I) ...... ... Candonga 7Ol. pd 6 10,000 11 Cepiapo 20/. sh, 13/. pd 9 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 31. English 20,000 General Mining Association-OM sh. 174 pd 121 6155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 551/. p..) 4 3,000 ........ • Polberou Consols . lO/. sh. 84 pd 41 11500 ..... ••• Real del Monte Unregistered lO Ditto Loan Notes 1504 pd 160 10,01 1 0 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm -.40/. sh. all pd 2 . ........ Ditfc. Scrip 2l Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 4f West Cork 50/. oh. 50/. pd 38 LITERA RY I NSTITUTI 0N S. London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sli. 29 , 1 ),,, 0 ,,T, ......... London University 1001. oh. all pd 231 '''''' ........ Russell 25gs. sh. 5 700 ......... King' College 100/. pd 26 - MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s, Australian Agricultural...JOU sh. 2e44 pd 46 r t. British American Land Company 23/. Id 11 10 6,000 41 . Pe- cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 30/. pd 20 ,000 6/ per c.ii 200,000 5 1 . pe r cent. Upper Cana ..a Loan .... ... 9.) City ponds, I par cent lOOl " General Steam Navigation ...15!. sh. 14/. pd '23 20 0 00 „, 'PI I%,frg . cent. Hudson's Bay Stock London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 .2,000 I/. Cacnitchnuc Company: 1214 pd 12 '' , ' /0 .......... National Loan Fund 2/. 5s .",pd 24 500,00)'!. ......... New Brunswick Land Company ow. pd ~ 1 ~,,„ cant. Reversionary InterestSoc...loo/. s h . 100/. pd 134 2,75-1 5 ) - 2,6:33 5/. per cent. Ditto New 1004 oh . 754 pd , 6 4,1411 . Thames Tunnel 50 /. sh. all pd 84 10,000 .i; .... Van Die nen's Land ' s , 1 0 0/. sh. 17/. pd 12 LIST OF SCOTTISH OM 838PANIES' PRICES . NOv 1. C BANKS. p et. rank 01 Scotland 2,00 0, ,0N 1 ' /,!10001e' • 5 fit. 4 p: ct. y.d of Scotland ............... 1001. sh. all pd 1f 21. 5 00,0,V. ap. ct. British Linen Company ...... 100/ .5 h .. . 11pd 2404 p. ct. Commer.cial ............ . ..... 5001. sh. 1004 pd 176/. , ot. Nilionat 10/. pd 1651. 1. p. ct. Glasgow Union ...............25111. sh. 604 p d 854 4, A v'• 4 n. c t. Western of Scotland ....... 2001. sh . 401. pd 594 000 INSURANCE COMPANIES. . 000 sh 63 p. ct. Scottish Union ... .............. 20/. sh. 1/. pd 20s ti fp. ct. Hercules ........................ 100/. sh. 10/. p.l 141. O s . 0 , , , 0 SP. et. Insurance Co. of Stotland ....10/. sh. all pd 21. 10s. .„ , „„ 0 6 ct. North British .......... 200/. sh. 10/. pd 19 ay , X2.', p. ct. Caledonian Fire ...............1004 sh. 101. pd 20/.os " t Z 6p. et. Edinburgh Life. .............. 1004 sh. 10/. pd 1 4 / 1 08 5, w est of Scotland lOl. pd 7Os 100,000 31 P. et. MISCELLANEOUS. 4,910 Edin. and Gas. U n. C anal.. 50/. sh. all pd 10/. .... Ditto Allocated.. ....... . ... sh. all pd 501. 5,400 5 p e r cent. Edinb. Joint Stock W . at . er....25/. sh. all pd 'O9l Carroll Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 44/, ? mu s h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founder) , 504 sh 444 pd 521. 10,060 2 per cant. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd 4/1 4.500 10 par cent. Edinburgh Coal G a , 10 pc, cent. Glasgow .................... 7 2 5 5 1 i.. sh. sh. all ali 1) ,( 1 6 5 1 4 1 11 1 Gas 4,450 750 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd SO/. 0 ......... Edinburgh sndDalkeith ah 381. 0. 0 0 0 5 per cent. kuitilble. Loan Company 161, 0.0 Si/. 111 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S-YESTBRDA r. THE DERBY. _ Business was very slack yesterday at " the Corner," nor was the attendance by any means so full as we generally find on a Monday. The changes in the Derby betting will be found to rest with Lord Jersey's two favourites. Ilderim rose to 15 to 1 (taken, but after wards offered), while his leader (Brother to Bay Middleton) de clined, at one moment, to 12 to 1, laid to fifty pounds ; he after wards found a friend, who laid out one hundred and fifty pounds at 11 to I—the odds finally offered. Flambeau was in some force at 20 to 1, and two or three small bets were made on Accelerator at the same price. Although there is a trifling nominal variation in tho prices of the next four or five horses, they are, in reality, in about the same degree of favour as on Monday. Closing prices :- 11 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro .to Bay Middleton—take 12 to 1 15 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ilderim—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Accelerator—taken 20 to I agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Tros—offered 26 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers—taken 27 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh—taken 28 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Zimmerman—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Derrinane—take 30 to I 1000 to 24 agst Mr. Worrall's Antler—taken 1000 to 20 Mr. Mostyn's Hugh Lupus—taken 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Walters's The Deputy—taken HUNTING API'OINTMENTS. The Duke of Cleveland's hounds on Friday at Witton Castle-11. The Duke of Beaufort's hounds on Friday at Yate Turnpike ; Saturday, on the Lawn—half past 10. Lord Suffield's hounds on Thursday at Welby ; Friday, at Wimes wold ; Saturday, at Wanlip—half-past 10. The Duke of Grafton's hounds on Friday at William's Bridge-11. Lord Chesterfield's hounds on Thursday at Abington Abbey ; Friday, at Swinford ; Saturday, at Finedon Poplars—half-past 10. The Cambridgeshire hounds on Friday at the Downing Arms half-past 10. 114 r. Villebois's stag-hounds on Thursday at Barton Smee Barn-11. The Craven hounds on Friday at Bedwin Brail ; Saturday, at Fildridge—half-past 10. The Cleveland hounds on Thursday at Court Green-10. The Hurworth hounds on Thursday at Neasham ; Saturday, at Entercommon-10. Mr. Musters's hounds on Thursday at Rainworth Water ; Satur day, at Gedling. Sir M. W. Ridley's hounds on Friday at Ponteland—half-p. 10. The Alnwiek hounds on Thursday at Felton Park—half-past 10 The Galewood hounds on Friday at Woodend—half-papt 10. The Inglewood hounds on Thursday at Naworth Gate—hf-p.lO, The Morpeth harriers on Friday at Sod House-10. The Haydon hounds on Saturday at Redheugh-9. Mr. Watson's hounds on Thursday at East E'hoppingham. The Wynyard and Durham harriers on Friday at Sunderland Bridge—lo. The Cheltenham stag-hounds on Thursday at Bishop's Cletve. Mr. Wilkins's hounds on Friday at Bird's Plantation—hf.-p. 10. The Carmarthen harriers on Friday at Havodwen-10. The Tivyside houndson Thursday at Camgloyne Lodge Gate-10. The Pembrokeshire hounds on Thursday at Hill Mountain-10. 111 r. Wyat h houndson Frilay at Great Ridge, Codford Riding. Sir J. B. Mills's hounds on Friday at Michaelmarsh—qr. to 11. The N. F. H. on Thursday at Amptworth Lodge ; Saturday, at Moyles Court—half-past 10. The Hambledon hounds on Friday at CorhamptonDown—hf-p.lO. The Vine hounds on Thursday at Worting ; Saturday, at West Heath—quarter to 11. Mr. Farquharson's hounds on Thursday at Coker Wood ; Friday, at Came ; Saturday, at Honeycomb. The Chesterfield harriers on Friday at Brimington Common— half-past 10. The Brancepath hounds on Thursday at Cornsay 11. The Carlisle harriers oil Friday at Wetheral-9. Sir J. Cope's hounds on Saturday at Ascot Heath—half-past 10. The Earl of Harewood's hounds on Friday at Deighton Bar— half-past 10. Mr. Phillipps's hounds on Thursday at Chapmanswell—hf-p.lO. Mr. G L. Cobham's hounds on Thursday at Dunsland— 10. Sir W. Carew's_ hounds on Thursday at Colley Lane-11. The H. H. on Thursday at Duke's Cottage, Bighton ; Saturday, at Weston Common—half-past 10. Mr. Surtees' hounds on Friday at Unthank, near Shottey Field-11. The Wigton harriers on Friday at Clea Hall-11. CITY OF LONDON CORPORATE REFORM ASSOCIATION. THE COAL TRADE. This Association met on Friday evening, at the Guildhall Coffee-house ; JAMES HANNEN, Esq., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN, after congratulating the members on the rapid growth of the Association, proceeded to advert to the state of the Coal Trade, and to the sums of money ob tained by the Corporation in consequence of the impost levied upon coals coming into the port of London, which amounted to 15 per cent. upon 2,500,000 tons•of coals. The Corporation had no right to levy such an impost.— (Hear, hear.) If the Corporation had kept, as it ought to have done, a reserved fund, it would not have been obliged to levy any such oppressive impost.—(Hear.) It was an unholy tax, for it pressed heavily on the pockets of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman next adverted to the City of London having succeeded in inserting clauses in Railway Bills, preventing coals being conveyed by them within sixteen miles of the City.--(Hear, hear.) This power was denounced by Lord Granville Somer set and Mr. Joseph Hume, to whom he (the Chairman) thought a statue of gold ought to be raised, for he consi dered Mr. Hume as a most invaluable public man.—(Hear, hear.) This showed the length to which the Corporation would go to enforce rights which it ought not to have.— ( Hear, hear.) If any one could find him out a redeeming quality in the Corporation he would give up all hostility to it.—(Hear, hear.) He begged that. Mr. Bradfield, who had done so much to arouse the citizens of Loudon in re spect to the abuses in the coal trade, should be allowed to make a statement to the Association on that subject. Mr. Saul, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Alcock thought that the Association ought to proceed at once to the order of the day, namely, to consider the scheme of Corporate Re form now before the Association. After some discussion, it was agreed to allow Mr. BRAD FIELD to make his statement. He did so by adverting to the report of the Coal and Corn Committee, presented that day to the Common Council. He deprecated the report, declaring it to be founded in falsehood. He made some severe observations on parties connected with the Corpora tion, for having, as be said, played tricks in respect to himself, in more than one instance. He contended that the Corporation had, in consequence of the conduct which it pursued in respect to the coal trade, forfeited its charier. After some farther observations to the same effect, Mr. Bradfield said that he would be ready, on some fUture evening, to enter more at large upon the subject of the coal trade, which was so interesting to all persons residing in the City, and in the metropolis generally.—(Hear.) Mr. Bradfield having retired, Mr. SAUL moved the following resolution :—" That an uniform right of voting should be established for the election of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, Chamberlain, or Trea surer, Common Councilmen, and Auditors of the city." Mr. RICHARDS seconded the resolution. Mr. PRITCHARD, in support of the resolution, adverted to the old system of voting in the City, and to the infringe ment which had been made in that system by the companies, who succeeded in usurping to themselves the power of giv ing to parties the right to vote for the higher offices of the Corporation, such as the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Chamberlain, and Auditors. No inhabitant, however, could vote for a Common Councillor, unless he was a freeman householder, so that, in fact, there were three different classes of voters in the City.—( Hear.) He thought that the great object which they ought to have in view should be to simplify the principle of voting, and that could only be effected by making the right of voting uniform, as pro posed by the resolution. Mr. ELLIOTT said that the Association would, if it agreed to this resolution, bind itself to a principle which was now exploded. The new principle that had been instituted gave to the constituency the power to elect tbc Council, and to the Council the power to elect the Al dermen.--( Hear.) Mr. RICHARDS—We are not looking for a new power, but for the restitution of an old right.—(Hear.) Mr. ALCOCK would certainly object to the Common Council having the power to elect the Aldermen.—( Hear.) The resolution was then put from the chair, and agreed to. Mr. PRITCHARD then moved the third resolution, which was as follows :—" That such right of voting should be en joyed by all persons who shall have been for a period of six months occupiers of houses, lands, tenements, or premises, within the City, of the annual value of not less than (01., and who by virtue of such occupancy, and during the con tinuance of the same, shall be deemed to be free of the City; and that all fines and fees now payable on admission to free dom, and all exclusive rights of trading, ought to be abo lished." And in support of it he alluded to the way in which the wealthy and influential men were disfranchised in the City, while the burden of offices was thrown upon the middle class of tradesmen. He next adverted to the effect of the present system of granting the franchise, by alluding to the fact of a box-maker in the City being obliged to take a shop outside London, to enable him to employ good workmen, for he was obliged to employ only freemen in the City, no matter how bad they might be as workmen.—(Hear.) Mr. CROFTS seconded the resolution. Mr. HARmsoN — supported the - ;;;lution, observing that the Romans were anxious cn all occasions to in crease the number of their citizens, while the Corpora tion of the City of London seemed anxious to decrease them.—( Hear.) Mr. PRITCHARD moved the fourth resolution—" That the boundaries of the several wards should be altered, so as to make them as nearly equal with respect to the number of electors in each ward, as may be practicable" —and said that it was proposed to limit the number of wards to twelve, giving to each ward one Alderman and eight Common Councilmen. If the right of voting were extended, as under the Reform Act, the probable number of electors would be 18,000. This would give to each ward 1,500 electors ; and would make the number of Common Counei!men 96, which he considered a sufficient number for all useful purposes. Two or three gentlemen suggested that th e num b er of Common Councilmen for each ward ought to be nine. It was then resolved to report progress, and discuss the subject on the next night of meeting. The Association then adjourned, LONDON MARKETS. PRICE Ot The highest price of Bread in the Good Bread may be had at 101 d. BREAD. Metropolis is I lid. for the 41b. Lot: SEEDS.—Dec. 10. Per Quarter _ _ PRICE OF Per Cwt. _ New English Red Clover:As. '7os. 68, St. Foin 40; 44 1 46s 014 Ditto Ditto -s . a a Rye Grass 28s 35, 40s. New Foreign Dins 4Ss. 655. 80s P.4cey Grass s4o 454 ' Old Ditto Ditto --s. 40s. 60s. Linseed, for feeding ...4135. 52-. 5 ,1 `. New White Clover 505. 635. 70s Ditto, for sowing -s. 5Ss. 13; Old Ditto Ditto New Trefoil -s. 455. 60s. Ditto, for crushing -_. - .. a 44 , 3- ~ 5 08 1 • 19i, 22.5. 25s Canary Old Ditto .. 17F. 22 Hemp -s 3Ss. 423 ' Frefolium 100 Ds. 13s. Per Bushel. English Carraway -s. 435. 46; White Mustard 9s. C ,). I3s. Id. Foreign Ditto -s. 40g. 445. Brown Ditto lss Pd. Ws. 0 1' Coriander -s 12s. 21 s . Tares 4s. 6d I's. Cv • Rapeseed, Englit.: 6ne '.per Last) 30. 38!. Foreign 34'. 36 1 . PRICE; OF HOPS. -Dec 10. Farnham Pocket* (per cwt.) 6' Os. 8/. Os. to 101. Os. East Kant Pockets.- Ditto 8ag5.....- 4' 4. 51 ill:. to 7 )0 . Mid Kent Pockets 3l. 15s. 51. ss. to 81. 81 . Ditto Bags •1/ 10, 4 • 10s to 7e. 75. Sussex 3 3.. 3! 15- , to 4 10' Yearlings 2l. 10s. 31. 38 to 4!. 4' Old /Ms PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS Ware 455. Pd. to 55s Pd. per too. Middling 37 , s Pd. to -s. Od. Chats Os Od. to 30s. Od. PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d Per lb d. to d• Crop Hides, 30 to 40lb each 1 13 Horse Hides, German lO --40 50 ---- Sp a ni s h 50 64) 3 l 8 CalfSkins,l3o to 40113.(d0z )*l4 lg dull Hides , Butts, Vitriol - --50 60 */7 " -- English 4 26 7O 100 *l5 19 -1. oreign Foreign Hides 0 12 ---- small 2O ' Dressing Hides . . ... - ..... ... -- 1 14 ! Kips Shaved .... 4 15 Basils 6 1 / 8 Be 4 Saddlers Hides 4 16 : Bellies Horse Hides, English • If rounded 2d. to 4d per lb more. PRICE OF OIL. Rare Oil, brown, per ton, 411. los -Refined, 43 Os.-Linseed Oil, 27 , 0 ,,,% Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, ;1000`,15* Os -Rape Cake, per ton, 0 iv' PRICE OF TALLOW. SOAP, &c per 1121 b. ,4 town Tallow CM. NI Yellow Soap Yellow Russia Xl ' l ' -s White —a Od. Curd Soap Ditto —a. Od. Graves 164 0 3, Melting Stuff '4 . Od. Good Dregs ....... - I ' d " Ditto Rough ' 6 Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, pm- stone of 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Meters) 3, 7d PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles ie. the Retail Shops is as folio , ' 11 Candles, per dozen, 8s 6:1 ; inferior, 7s. 6.l.—Moulds,lo. el Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COAL MARKET.— Dec. 10. s. a. ear Ton s. , .. Bensham . - 0 Burdon , 2 6 Hebburn Main 2.2 3 Walls End Lambb:o ~ ... ..... • 3 Pontop Windsor 2 , 9 Walls End Stewart's .. 23 t South Hartley l9 6 Walls End Whitwcll V ' West Hartley 22 6 Wall , End Hartlepool ... ...... . 0 ,3 Walls End Bell and Brown Walls - 5 Walls End Clark and C 0....-. 20 0 Walls End Barrington Tees... 2 1 v . 0 Walls End Gosforth 23 0 , a'ls End Te , - Walls End Heston 23 0 Walls End West Hetton ...... . a Walls End Hilda 22 0 Brampton Main .................. p,../ 5" Walls End N.-wmarcli 2l I , E I sicar 2 I* a walls End Riddell's ... 23 0 Hartley 22 9 I lanettinech Coal ........ .. Walls End Belmont -3 6 Walls End Devonshire......... Walls End Braddyll's Hetton 24 0 Ships arrived since I. Per Ton. last market.,!ay. 110. On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, a s one of the Preventive service was sitting by the fire , warming himself, at the Coast-guard Station, on the beach, at Wyke, near Weymouth, near the wreck of the CoMs bine, he was struck dead by lightning, the electric gu t entering his left eye, and leaving a small black mark 1 11 # an inch long.—Ha'rpshire Telegraph. at A short time since we announced that a penny F. t had been established at Hesket, and anticipated that t, would he found a great public convenience. It turns V t however, to be not only a great public inconvenienc e u. ° a great loss. A letter posted at Hesket for Carlisle l t tr stead of being sent here direct, nine miles, is sent up o Penrith nine miles, where it enters the General Post-0 0 1 and is then returned over the same road it has travelled t" Hesket and thence to 'Carlisle —making the whole distance twenty-seven miles instead of nine miles, and the chard s fiveperre instead of one penny ? Surely some reform wanted here.—Carlisle Journal. On Tuesday week, a poor woman, about years of age (supposed to be a Welch woman), lost be life through the inclemency of the weather. She wa s r e her way from Sheffield to Glossop, and called at the Inn, in the woodlands, where she had a basin of brat,: given her. She went from thence about two o 'clock I n the afternoon, along with a man and two boys, and obe about two miles from the Royal Oak Inn, near G l ° s l; she became so benumbed with cold that the man w ho 8 with her could not get her along the road ; and in.., short time after the Regulator coach from Sheffield ove'i taking her she was put inside, but when the coach a rric a u s at the Norfolk Arms, where she was taken out, it discovered that life was quite extinct. Monday night last the Rev. Mr. Brewster attende° a meeting of the Political Union, and remained till o° t o'clock on Tuesday morning. He left Paisley by firsa boat that day, and on Wednesday night, presided at , torch-light meeting of Reformers, with music, on the Ciri ton Hill. The torch-light Reformers of Edinburgih%sll no doubt exult as much at having a mini s t er o f the r, blished Church to preside at such a me e ting, as O'Connell did, when the same gentleman, while motl er T, tor of the Presbytery of Paisley. was dragged in triut o P o " at his chariot wheel. The purpose of the meeting wa s disclaim physical force ; but one of the speakers, a t s ; Burns, from Dundee, intimated pretty plainly, that in, r . opinion, that was only a question of time.—Faisle9 Aa ve tiser (a Tory paper). FOREIGN SPIRITS, HIGHLAND MALT' and CORK WHISKIES, in Glass Bottles, at per dozen • 7 Choice Old Pale Brandy, as imported • •• 25. 60 Cognac Brandy (very old) 60 Hollands, Schiedam Jamaica Rum 27s. to '" Highland Malt Whiskey, II per cent. over proof 4, 313 Old The above Whiskies are old in bottle, possessing their orlon strength, and have acquired a peculiar fine flavour. Single bottles may be had as samples. Bottles 3s. per dozen. Hampers Is. per dozen. CURRALL and SON, 35, Bishopsgate-street Within. , o r GREAT ADVANTAGE TO LARGE CONS : I7 3 M R ' . TEA. pot TEAS at WHOLESALE PRICES, in quanfit ieg t , of less than one pound, in tin cases of 6lbs. net, or small eW 121bs. and upwards. • adY er : To afford every facility to large consumers, to whom th is g e e 1 ° tisement is addressed, not less than one pound of Tea or q't)ol the made at this establishment, as the small profits will not actin' usual division of quantities made by retail houses. 1 0- G. T. MANSELL and CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. A I NS< LADIES' FINE GOLD NECK- CI - 0 , bil A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No. 9, j e t n y °,;, London (opposite the Bank of England), offer a large y ar d ( 4 1 7 Ladies' Fine Gold Neck. Chains, of the matted, ring , all a ccor V patterns, a yard and a quarter long, at the following pric es ' 0 mg to the weight : 0 1 The weight of 3 sovereigns... £4 4 0 The weight of 7 sovereig ns ' 8 9 0 The weight of 4 sovereigns... 5 5 0 The weight of 8 sovere i g ns 10 1 The weight of 5 sovereigns... 6 6 1 The weight of 9 sovere i g ns ii LI The weight of 6 sovereigns... 77 t The weight of 10 sovereigns t 'I" The most elegant spangled, star, and fancy link patterns, • Guineas more than their respective weights. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, No. 9, Cornhill, Londo°' SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERV teVv• - p i tter°' Cottage Pattern. Melo n P a tt e r n . Ki n g 's -0 0 Tea Pot ...£lO 15 0 Zit a o ............ El 2 0 o Sugar Basin 6 0 0 .. 6 6 0........... ' i ,-. i o v Milk Ewer. 4 0 0... 44 0 .. 6 0 0 Coffee Pot.. 13 13 0 l3 13 0......... .. 16 The same strongly Plated, with Silver Edge s '. lo ~'' Tea Pot .... 210 0 2lB 0............ n u 1 4 v Sugar Basin 2 4 0 ... 2 8 0............ : 4 0 Milk Ewer. 116 0.. ... 20 0 .... 3° 1 9 lel Coffee Pot.. 2 18 0 The ground floor, also the first, second, and third ficto m otes n up as Show Rooms. Selections may be made from a e i vin a sive variety of both Silver and Plated Manufacture. A Pamphlet with a detailed list of prices and drawings nf lye b il articles, and also with drawings of the above services, OU L Y A gratis, or will be sent in answer to post-paid application. . th , an: T. COX SAVORY, Working Goldsmith, applic a t ion. Grs ce Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from church-street). .r BIRTHS. On the 7th inst., at Streatham-hill, Streatham-common, John Burnie, of a son. - G e org e On the Bth inst., in St. James's-place, the lady of Sir of Seymour, R.N., of a son. On the Bth i ns t., i n G u ildf or d- s t ree t, Russell-squa re, th e 13'1) Charles Brown, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. ~,,, o wl' '; OR the 12th of September, at Madras, the Rev. Miron vvo'oges American Missionary of that Presidency, to Anin' a d. a s 0 5°. daughter of the late Archibald Spiers, Esq., of the AI be t blishment. hri gor . 6 " On the Bth inst., at St. Pancras New Church, C. , JP Picard, Esq., solicitor, of Kirby Lonsdale, Westraorelanacliopolt, Margaret, relict of the late Richard Gallon, Esq- , of L _..- near Hawskhead, Lancashire. -- On the' Bth inst., in BedDfolrdE-spqt•tare, — the Hon. IVIr. Justice Park, t af e e d l9 7 t 6 h . Dering Adair R: o e e f 3 of the late W. T. Roe Mr o s, Roe, of AN W. May, of Laura- . :im O u c s,, t i ob , e t r, us a i t an Ch i a n m t b h li, us L th ow n er e ' gi Ca . ni n s cl ans t a i oni o W s s l, l ,p7l7aa g.c - ee • E d, s q L4i,, C oe Lower oc Harriet m ia i p s t s o i o nF n . er Frances, r n o c e f s t the h e v; 1 _ . °nth- street, and of Withdean, Sg"!'7 o f idr . On the 6th inst On the 6th inst., the wife of Charles Chenery, Esq., 1.5. 01 . r ia rK. House, Hackney. _ . o_n in the 6th inst., in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, E : ; o _ l ll l,E e sq h . li:f a ci, e a d g 6 e: d P g.' On the 6th inst., at Billericay, Essex, Joseph Radfor , aged 58. 0 1 1 Il ia° On the 6th inst., in Judd-street, Brunswick-square, On the 7th inst. in North-terrace, Camberwell, John "If Esq., one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the c o Chan, Surrey, aged 61. Cha' l ' On the 7th inst., Mr. George Crosier, of Quality-cou rt, "'I - lane , aged 60. of _OOO On the 6th inst., in Baker-street , Mrs. Langford, SouthN, -...-. e t , L ono : Prine and Published by MURDO di ll of 11 d 2, n Strand, t at d The Sun (Alice. No. 112 Stra the ,0t of Mititilesex.—Tue&day, December 11, Is3B.